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March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month -- #DDAwareness19

Early Childhood, Children's Day Program, and Adult Day Services Notification. Click Read Full Story for more information.

Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI), the leading service provider for children and adults with autism on Long Island, announced the recent appointment of Adam Guttell, Esq., Kevin Long, and Cynthia Rosenthal, D.O. to serve on DDI's Board of Directors. The newly appointed members will help to oversee the agency that supports more than 1,500 children and adults.

It's designed to make first responders aware of a person's communication and behavioral challenges in situations where both could be key to public safety.

A new state law now makes identification cards available to people who have a medically diagnosed developmental disability. These new I/DD ID cards are meant to be presented to law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel to aid in the communication process.

More than 2,000 signatures urge Governor to “act now” as a matter of gender equity.

Keeping an eye on autism and giving a voice to its Long Island community.

Celebrating American Heart Month with tiny red hats!

On February 4th, the finalists were announced for the Long Island Imagine Awards. DDI is in the running for the Empire National Bank Innovation Award.

There's still time to get #bFair2DirectCare funding into the NYS Budget so that Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) can earn a living wage! Here's how you can help secure this critical funding!